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Research in perspective. Reviews, News & Opinion content, often referred to as non-primary content, plays a crucial part in enhancing science education, communication, and collaboration. By offering a diverse range of formats, this content bridges the gap between researchers, students, policymakers, and the broader public. This proprietary content — not available elsewhere — features:

  • Review articles summarising the current state of understanding on a topic within a certain discipline.
  • Perspectives, opinion, and commentary bringing original points of view to an issue and proposing a solution.
  • Community-focused articles exploring community issues, such as career development, representation, sustainability, and more.
  • Article summaries short, focused articles about recent scholarship.
  • Feature articles giving depth and detail to a topical issue.

Filtering, enhancing & amplifying research

The Nature Reviews journals act as a filter to help busy students, researchers and clinicians keep up to date with the latest scientific literature. This carefully curated content educates and inspires future scientists, supports global collaboration, and addresses the world’s greatest challenges. It is widely read, acting as a catalyst for debate and change bringing about real-world benefits. Specialist Nature Reviews content includes:

  • Technical Reviews that provide an outline of the scientific and technical challenges and opportunities in a certain field.
  • Consensus Statements that give a comprehensive analysis and recommendations from a group of experts on a scientific or medical issue.
  • Primer articles that provide introductions to diseases or disorders, or scientific methods.

Guiding researchers to important primary research beyond their immediate expertise

Why choose Reviews journals?

  • Widely used by students and faculty for their educational value.
  • Improves accessibility of original research by summarizing latest developments in various fields.
  • Editors select leading experts to write on important and timely topics.
  • Reviewed by expert peer reviewers.

“Review articles provide an overall picture of the topics that I bring up in lectures, as well as become material for discussion in our student groups.”

- Asst. Professor, Asia

“As research becomes more collaborative, our journals distill the diversity of perspectives to guide readers through the literature, providing researchers with the tools they need to push the boundary of discovery." 

- Mina Razzak, Editorial Director, Nature Reviews

All Reviews journals by subject area

Clinical Medicine

Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Social Sciences

Multi-disciplinary

  • Nature Reviews Cancer
  • Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
  • Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Nature Reviews Immunology
  • Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • Nature Reviews Urology
  • Nature Reviews Psychology
  • Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Nature Reviews Psychology
  • Nature Reviews Biodiversity (2025)
  • Nature Reviews Cancer
  • Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Nature Reviews Immunology
  • Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • Nature Reviews Bioengineering
  • Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • Nature Reviews Clean Technology (2025)
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering
  • Nature Reviews Materials
  • Nature Reviews Physics
  • Nature Reviews Psychology
  • Nature Reviews Methods Primers